Services
Preventative Medicine
Annual exams allow us to establish a normal pattern for each pet's weight, temperature and body condition. A thorough, hands on physical assists in detecting hidden problems that may otherwise go unnoticed until your pet's health deteriorates drastically. Issues like diabetes, cancer, heart disease, hormone imbalances, arthritis and pain can be caught early and treated promptly allowing your pet a better quality of life. A preventative approach also provides us with the opportunity to tailor a specific health and immunization plan to each pet's unique lifestyle.
Immunizations
Advances in technology have given us the ability to prevent many serious life threatening diseases. Annual immunizations are crucial to your pets health. Usually done in conjunction with an annual physical exam, we can develop individual vaccine protocols based on your pet's needs.
Microchip Identification
A microchip is a permanent and unique form of identification. About the size of a grain of rice, it is inserted between your pet's shoulder blades and remains under the skin throughout the life of your pet. Should your pet become lost, the locating animal control officer, shelter or veterinarian can use a special scanner to identify the code, contact the database where you registered and ultimately reunite you with your pet.
Senior Pets
As our pets age, their individual needs change. From finding an appropriate diet to managing common age related conditions, quality veterinary care becomes even more important for your senior pet. Many conditions like arthritis, diabetes, heart problems and cancer can be successfully managed if detected early. Since pets age at a faster rate than humans, we recommend an exam every 6 months after your pet reaches 7 years of age to keep your elderly companion happy and healthy.
Blood profiles and blood pressure monitoring are basic and essential components of geriatric care. Hypertension, the leading cause of blindness, is becoming more of a health risk to pets as they live longer. By having your senior pet's blood pressure monitored every six months, you can help your pet avoid any discomfort or potential problems.
Ophthalmic Care
Your pet's vision and ophthalmic health is important. Here at Queen City Animal Hospital, we provide glaucoma screening using state of the art instruments to help detect glaucoma before your pet's vision falls into jeopardy. Other eye tests we conduct regularly are retro-illumination, pupillary light reflexes, the Schirmer test, fluorescein stains and general vision tests.
Radiology
Our hospital is equipped with an in-house Digital x-ray machine that provides high quality images. This enables our veterinary staff to diagnose your pet's condition quickly and efficiently.
Ultrasound
An important, non-invasive diagnostic tool, our state of the art, in-house ultrasound allows us to see a real-time, moving picture of your pet's abdomen, chest and/or heart without the use of sedation or anesthesia. Often more exact and more comprehensive than an x-ray, an ultrasound is extremely useful in diagnosing diseases and health problems quickly and efficiently.
Surgical Services
The surgical staff at Queen City Animal Hospital takes a complete care approach to provide your pet with the highest standard in veterinary surgery. All of our surgical patients are safely anesthetized and closely monitored by the veterinarian / surgeon and trained technicians. We have state of the art monitoring devices that observe heart rate, pulse, oxygen levels and blood pressure. Pre-anesthetic blood screens are performed to help us manage each case safely. Pre and post-operative pain management is integral to your pet's recovery and is designed specifically for your pet's procedure and tolerance level.
In addition to our general surgical services in which we perform spays, neuters, lump and abscess removals and other common surgical procedures, we are able to provide specialized surgical services.
Orthopedic – With our board certified orthopedic surgeon, we are able to perform a wide variety of orthopedic surgeries from canine knee repairs to more complex procedures such as total hip replacements, fracture repairs, TPO and TPLO. Physical therapy plans and instructions are tailored for each individual case and used specifically for our orthopedic patients.
Laser – We are one of the first facilities in our area to offer the benefits of laser surgery for your pet. The Carbon Dioxide Laser produces an invisible beam of light, which heats and vaporizes tissue almost instantaneously without any physical contact. This is done so precisely that the normal surrounding tissues are hardly affected. Pet surgery is made gentler with laser surgery.
The laser does not tear, crush or bruise tissue due to the lack of physical contact. It is able to seal nerve endings and small blood vessels as it "cuts." The combined effect of laser surgery provides the following benefits:
- Less pain
- Less bleeding
- Less swelling
- Reduced risk of infection
- Faster recovery
One of the most remarkable advantages of laser surgery is the ability to perform a Laser Declaw. This new technique is much more humane than the traditional method of declawing as it dramatically decreases the pain involved. Cats return to normal activity soon after the procedure.
This website will provide you with more information about laser surgery and the benefits it provides to your pet.
Dentistry
Pets have dental problems just like humans. The difference is that dental cleaning in people is routine and easily done. When treating pets, dental procedures require the skill of a veterinarian, a technician and an assistant. Your pet also needs to be anesthetized for the dental procedure. For more information, visit the section of our website devoted to dentistry.
Laboratory
Our in-house laboratory equipment allows us to perform routine tests that may indicate disease or infection. We routinely test for heartworm, tick borne diseases, FELV/FIV viruses, fecal parasites and microscopic infections of the ear or skin. Urine testing is also performed regularly at our hospital. Our equipment also provides us with the capability to order complete blood counts, chemistry profiles and pre-anesthetic blood screens. Specimens are sent to outside laboratories if more extensive and complex tests are required.
Pharmacy
Our convenient in-house pharmacy allows you to begin your pet's treatment immediately upon prescription. We carry flea and tick preventatives as well as preventative medication for heartworm and other parasites. We also work regularly with Vet Centric should your pet need a compounded or specialized medication or diet.
Nutritional Consultation
Should your pet need a specific diet, we carry specialized pet foods for a variety of dietary needs. We also work with a veterinary nutritionist to help design individual nutrition plans for your pet.
Emergency Services
During regular business hours, we will gladly assist your pet with emergency care. If possible, please call us before you come. After our regular hours, emergency care is provided at
Veterinary Emergency Center of Manchester
336 Abby Road
Manchester, NH
603-666-6677
Referral Services
We do refer complex medical and surgical cases, such as cancer treatment and neurosurgery, to specialty veterinarians. If such a referral is necessary, we keep in close contact with the referred veterinarian and stay up-to-date on your pet's treatments and progress.